“What tremendously impressed and surprised people most was where I found the time to make all those paintings. Knowing how on top of things I am at work, they couldn’t imagine how a person picking up the phone and sending e-mails on weekends could find the time to do this.”

“It’s time to acknowledge the huge gulf between those facilities in South Asia, where dozens of lives have been lost in recent months, and those elsewhere in the region that have started to make a genuine effort.”

“Why would you not factor in a ship’s condition if it had an impact on value? It was an obvious market opportunity as there was an increase in the need and appetite from the banking sector to look at assets on the balance sheet.”

“At the start of last year, a lot of shipbroker valuations were not very realistic about the actual amount a vessel could be sold for and this wasn’t helped by the absence of data in the public domain and few sales happening.”

James Frew reveals everything you wanted to know about OSV valuations, but were afraid to ask.

“The newspapers didn’t help much in our efforts to stem the onslaught. Tempted by great pictures, the tabloids ran maps of how to get to the beach, even from cities as far away as Hull and Manchester.”

“What tremendously impressed and surprised people most was where I found the time to make all those paintings. Knowing how on top of things I am at work, they couldn’t imagine how a person picking up the phone and sending e-mails on weekends could find the time to do this.”

“It’s time to acknowledge the huge gulf between those facilities in South Asia, where dozens of lives have been lost in recent months, and those elsewhere in the region that have started to make a genuine effort.”

“Why would you not factor in a ship’s condition if it had an impact on value? It was an obvious market opportunity as there was an increase in the need and appetite from the banking sector to look at assets on the balance sheet.”

“At the start of last year, a lot of shipbroker valuations were not very realistic about the actual amount a vessel could be sold for and this wasn’t helped by the absence of data in the public domain and few sales happening.”

James Frew reveals everything you wanted to know about OSV valuations, but were afraid to ask.

“The newspapers didn’t help much in our efforts to stem the onslaught. Tempted by great pictures, the tabloids ran maps of how to get to the beach, even from cities as far away as Hull and Manchester.”